Screening for the deadly Ebola virus is set to be launched at Gatwick’s North Terminal tomorrow, Public Health England has announced.
The South Terminal of the airport will have screening from Wednesday, while measures will be introduced at St Pancras International station by the end of the week.
Passengers arriving at Heathrow Airport from West Africa have been undergoing screening since last Tuesday.
The process involves a temperature check and paper questionnaire, mandatory for passengers from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
Dr Paul Cosford, director for health protection and medical director at PHE, said: “Anyone who is well but may have been at increased risk of contact with the Ebola virus will be given printed information and a PHE contact number to call in case they develop symptoms.”
“People infected with Ebola can only spread the virus to other people once they have developed symptoms, such as a fever.
“Even if someone has symptoms, the virus is only transmitted by direct contact with the blood or body fluids of an infected person.”
